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Download full textALEXANDER, FRANK D. – 1968
IN AN ATTEMPT TO LEARN WHETHER THE HUMAN RELATIONS EMPHASIS IN A SERIES OF STUDY GROUPS INFLUENCED THE OPINIONS OF FARM OPERATOR PARTICIPANTS CONCERNING FARM LABOR, 61 OPERATORS WERE PRETESTED AND POSTTESTED WITH A 37 ITEM TEST ON WORK INCENTIVES AND MOTIVATION, PERCEPTION AND ATTITUDES, SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFITS, AND MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS AND…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attitude Change, Dairy Farmers, Employer Employee Relationship
Bussett, Glenn Morton – 1965
This study examined whether or not the knowledge gained by adults in a group is influenced by media employed, by discussion, and by attitudes of local and professional discussion leaders. Research results were presented to the adults (250 4-H Club leaders) by film, lecture, and bulletin, then by discussion. Phases of the project included the…
Descriptors: Adult Educators, Analysis of Variance, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Media
Asmar, Samir S. – 1966
A study was made in Wisconsin of knowledge gains by participants in two Cooperative Extension Service educational activities (soil management and cooking for many) organized and presented by the in-depth teaching approach, and of selected factors thought to have an effect on the amount of knowledge gained. Gains were categorized as low (1%-49%…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, Cooking Instruction, Doctoral Dissertations
Administrative Problems of Technical Assistance to Community Development and Agricultural Extension.
Safa-Isfahani, Manouchehr – 1967
An attempt was made to analyze the administrative problems of United States technical assistance to community development and agricultural extension programs in the Philippines, Pakistan, Iran, Thailand, and Nigeria, with emphasis on field problems and on the point of view of local administrators, field technicians, and local people. The concept…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Community Development, Consultants, Developing Nations
Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC. – 1974
The key role of the U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is to help local people make rural America a better place to live and work. The Rural Development (RD) Committee structure, conceived in 1969, consists of national, state, regional, and local committees which aid the USDA. During fiscal year 1974, USDA and the State Extension Services…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Committees, Community Services, Environmental Influences
Rucks, Carlos Alberto – 1969
Conducted in Uruguay during 1965-68, this study compared adoption rates for selected agricultural practices between one area which received an extension program and one which did not; and sought relationships between selected characteristics of individual farmers and the adoption of new practices. Data came from interviews with 69 experimental and…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Agricultural Education, Analysis of Variance, Bibliographies
Henderson, Thomas Horatio – 1969
Factors associated with effective job performance among agricultural extension workers in Jamaica were examined; and the validity of transferring, to a developing nation, the descriptive and theoretical generalizations concerning selection of effective extension workers in the United States was investigated. The sample of 99 officers included 30…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Attitudes, Communication Skills, Cultural Differences
Carey, James T. – 1961
This report summarizes information from an extensive study of university adult education conducted through questionnaires sent to the Association of University Evening Colleges, National University Extension Association institutions, and a sample of liberal arts colleges, plus interviews with various officials in 18 colleges and universities.…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Characteristics, Adult Education, Adult Programs
Alleyne, E. Patrick; Verner, Coolie – 1969
The study investigated the adoption behavior of 100 strawberry growers (including 32 Mennonites and 23 Japanese) in the lower Fraser Valley of British Columbia. Adoption of six selected practices was examined in relation to socioeconomic characteristics and ethnicity. Findings included the following: (1) ethnic groups differed significantly on…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Age Differences, Agricultural Education, Analysis of Variance
Brisson, Robert Curtis – 1969
This study investigated the county Extension agent role in organizing community development, the direction and intensity of expectations held by district supervisors and presidents of local community development associations, and factors (sex, age, formal education, farm or nonfarm upbringing, previous role experience, communication behavior)…
Descriptors: Administrators, Age Differences, Analysis of Variance, Bibliographies
Beisdorf, Heinz; And Others – 1968
In New York State, Cooperative Extension's principal goal in community resource development is, through education, to increase the effectiveness in making and implementing public decisions concerning improvements in the quality and level of living of all people. Education and adaptive research are the two basic roles Extension will use to achieve…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Community Development, Community Resources, Financial Support
Lucas, Anna B.; Carter, Cecil E. – 1969
Conducted in 14 Tennessee counties, this study concentrated on the relationship of Four H project leaders' personal characteristics to performance of, and their feeling of being qualified to perform, a high or low number of tasks. It also investigated relationships between how often extension agents provided information to leaders by various…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Analysis of Variance, Bibliographies, Educational Background
Kulich, Jindra, Ed.; And Others – 1970
Designed especially for relative novices in residential adult education conference and institute work, this annotated bibliography covers 29 books, periodical articles, and book chapters. These items have been chosen for practical application or theoretical significance to the evaluation of program design and content and of learning within…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Annotated Bibliographies, Classification, Conferences
Neville-Rolfe, Edmund, Comp. – 1969
Some 1394 research studies from various African countries are annotated in this bibliography, which is divided into 37 country sections with a separate section (Africa General) for studies dealing with the continent as a whole, with geographical regions, or with groups of countries. The publications listed and summarized were published primarily…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Annotated Bibliographies, Cooperative Programs, Credit (Finance)
Smith, George Watson – 1967
This study focused on the influence of selected personal factors on North Carolina legislators' perceptions of the North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service. A review of the theories of perception and related research was coupled with interviews with 145 members of the 124th General Assembly of North Carolina. Concepts of the district or…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Correlation, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Responsibility
